The Book of Zephaniah

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The word of YAHUVEH which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son
of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of
Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.

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I will utterly consume all things from off the face of the ground,
saith YAHUVEH.

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I will consume man and beast; I will consume the birds of the heavens,
and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I
will cut off man from off the face of the ground, saith YAHUVEH.

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And I will stretch out my hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants
of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and
the name of the Chemarim with the priests;

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and them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them
that worship, that swear to YAHUVEH and swear by Malcam;

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and them that are turned back from following YAHUVEH; and those that
have not sought YAHUVEH, nor inquired after him.

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Hold thy peace at the presence of the Master YAHUVEH; for the day of
YAHUVEH is at hand: for YAHUVEH hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath
consecrated his guests.

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And it shall come to pass in the day of YAHUVEH's sacrifice, that I will
punish the princes, and the king's sons, and all such as are clothed with
foreign apparel.

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And in that day I will punish all those that leap over the threshold,
that fill their master's house with violence and deceit.

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And in that day, saith YAHUVEH, there shall be the noise of a cry from
the fish gate, and a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing
from the hills.

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Wail, ye inhabitants of Maktesh; for all the people of Canaan are
undone; all they that were laden with silver are cut off.

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And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem
with lamps; and I will punish the men that are settled on their lees, that
say in their heart, YAHUVEH will not do good, neither will he do evil.

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And their wealth shall become a spoil, and their houses a desolation:
yea, they shall build houses, but shall not inhabit them; and they shall
plant vineyards, but shall not drink the wine thereof.

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The great day of YAHUVEH is near, it is near and hasteth greatly, even
the voice of the day of YAHUVEH; the mighty man crieth there bitterly.

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That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of
wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of
clouds and thick darkness,

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a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities, and
against the high battlements.

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And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind
men, because they have sinned against YAHUVEH; and their blood shall be
poured out as dust, and their flesh as dung.

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Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in
the day of YAHUVEH's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the
fire of his jealousy: for he will make an end, yea, a terrible end, of all
them that dwell in the land.